Now Accepting Scholarship Applications for
Mastering Great Graphic Novels!
Applications due: April 15, 2023
Course begins: May 29, 2023
While the course focuses on Graphic Novels & Hybrid forms you'll also learn to write and illustrate picture books, chapter books, middle grade & YA!
About the Scholarships
Ten Larissa Marantz Need & Merit Scholarships are open to any writer or illustrator who identifies as BIPOC, LGBTQIA2, Jewish, Low-Income, having a Disability, is a Children's Librarian or an Aussie (because of the exchange rate and because I'm always homesick).
At Children’s Book Academy, we give as many full and half scholarships as possible because we believe Children’s Books help make a better world! Our upcoming Mastering Graphic Novels interactive e-course is specifically designed for writers and illustrators who are looking to master the art of graphic novels. You'll learn everything you need to know to create dynamic and engaging graphic novels that will captivate young readers and bring your stories to life. And while the course focuses on Graphic Novels & Hybrid forms you'll also learn to write and illustrate picture books, chapter books, middle grade & YA!
Remember, there are many writers who don’t illustrate that are being published as there are illustrators who don’t write! In this ultimate course we’ll be teaching you how to broaden your knowledge and skills as a KidLIt writer and/or illustrator.
CBA has a fantastic, proven track record of granting over 200 scholarships, and our former students have contracted or published over 1000 books!!!
Ten Larissa Marantz Need & Merit Scholarships are open to any writer or illustrator who identifies as BIPOC, LGBTQIA2, Jewish, Low-Income, having a Disability, is a Children's Librarian or an Aussie (because of the exchange rate and because I'm always homesick).
At Children’s Book Academy, we give as many full and half scholarships as possible because we believe Children’s Books help make a better world! Our upcoming Mastering Graphic Novels interactive e-course is specifically designed for writers and illustrators who are looking to master the art of graphic novels. You'll learn everything you need to know to create dynamic and engaging graphic novels that will captivate young readers and bring your stories to life. And while the course focuses on Graphic Novels & Hybrid forms you'll also learn to write and illustrate picture books, chapter books, middle grade & YA!
Remember, there are many writers who don’t illustrate that are being published as there are illustrators who don’t write! In this ultimate course we’ll be teaching you how to broaden your knowledge and skills as a KidLIt writer and/or illustrator.
CBA has a fantastic, proven track record of granting over 200 scholarships, and our former students have contracted or published over 1000 books!!!
About the Easy Peasy Scholarship Criteria
- Fill out the short application form.
- You must identify as: BIPOC, LGBTQIA2, Jewish, Low-Income, having a Disability, is a Children's Librarian or an Aussie
- Be charming, concise, and creative with your answers. Let your personality shine. We LOVE creative well-written descriptions.
- Show us you can follow directions…Follow the word count limits in the application so we don’t go crazy!
- Check your spelling.
- Provide your phone number (so we can contact you).
- Consider how you will give back when you receive a scholarship. Past recipients have written testimonials, shared our work on a regular basis across their social media, volunteered to help with courses. Think about your skills and what you can contribute.
- Commit to participating fully in the course by availing yourself of the course materials and participating in the private Community group and help get the word out about this exceptional course.
Just Fill Out the Easy Peasy Form at this link: https://tinyurl.com/GNscholform and Woo Us With Your
Warmth, Writing, And/Or Illustration!
Woo Us With Your Warmth, Writing, and/or Illustration!
These ten Larissa Marantz Need & Merit Scholarships are for the interactive online Mastering Great Graphic Novels
CO-TAUGHT BY FOUR EXPERTS!
CO-TAUGHT BY FOUR EXPERTS!
Led by experienced industry professionals, "Mastering Great Graphic Novels" is a comprehensive e-course that covers all aspects of graphic novel creation, from concept development and scriptwriting to character design, panel layout, and digital coloring. You'll get hands-on experience working on your own graphic novel project, with personalized feedback and guidance from your instructors along the way.
Whether you're a seasoned children's book author looking to expand your storytelling toolkit, or an aspiring illustrator eager to break into the graphic novel scene, "Mastering Great Graphic Novels" is the perfect course for you. Join our community of fellow writers and illustrators, learn from the best in the industry, and take your children's book illustrations to the next level!
Whether you're a seasoned children's book author looking to expand your storytelling toolkit, or an aspiring illustrator eager to break into the graphic novel scene, "Mastering Great Graphic Novels" is the perfect course for you. Join our community of fellow writers and illustrators, learn from the best in the industry, and take your children's book illustrations to the next level!
MANY of our scholarship recipients are now published or contracted! In fact, the Children's Book Academy has given well over 200 scholarships, and former students have contracted or published over 1000 books!!!
This graphic from Lee and Low showcases why we give BIPOC scholarships among others. We want to help support increased diversity in the field, which is why we offer these full and half-priced merit and need-based scholarships to help improve cultural representation in order to reflect the true make-up of the United States both as creators and as main characters in books! Unfortunately, it doesn't take class into account, which is also a social justice issue!
Please share this link https://tinyurl.com/LMGNschol
AND HERE'S THE LINK TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COURSE!!!
JUST CLICK HERE
JUST CLICK HERE
Meet Larissa Marantz!
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We adore former student and scholarship winner Larissa Marantz who now has a thriving kidlit career while supporting her own school OC Art Studio. Larissa and CBA teach in very different ways and often share scholarship and non-private student resources with each other - helping each other's students excel. It's quite beautiful and we are so thrilled to be honoring her by naming this scholarship after her.
Larissa offers virtual lessons for adults and children with wonderful courses and open studio sessions that guide students in the areas in (but not limited to): Drawing, Graphic Novels, Animation, Storyboarding, Portfolio Development and more. She is a former animation artist for Nickelodeon's The Rugrats and Rocket Power and has illustrated almost a dozen books for Nickelodeon's licensed properties, including Avatar The Last Airbender. Larissa has taught art and comics to folks at Cartoon Network, Google and LinkedIn, as well as thousands of children, teens and adults all over the world through OC Art Studios. She meditates and practices yoga to keep her monkey mind at bay, enjoys coffee every morning, and loves to journal. Larissa is the illustrator and co-creator of Clyde the Hippo Picture book series, published with Penguin Workshop and is currently illustrating BLAKE LASER, a science fiction graphic novel to be published by HarperCollins about a young girl genius who must save the world from aliens. |
While we can't share images from Larissa's upcoming middle grade Graphic Novel, we can tell you why it's important. Blake Laser is a graphic novel that features a young black girl protagonist who must overcome insecurity and self doubt to help save the world from impending doom. It features a biracial family with familiar scenarios of an annoying older brother and parents who misunderstand their daughter. This book is important in that it brings diversity to the bookshelves where the main character must learn to trust her instinct and honor her voice in a time where readers are seeing more marginalized voices being amplified in the world with considerable pushback from those who want to pretend that racism no longer exists. And knowing Larissa, besides being meaningful and beautiful, it will be full of heart and humor as well.
Below are some of Larissa's picture books with the Clyde the Hippo books being some of our favorites.
Below are some of Larissa's picture books with the Clyde the Hippo books being some of our favorites.
And here's that lovely scholarship application link: https://tinyurl.com/GNscholform
And the link to find out more about the course: https://tinyurl.com/MakeGreatGNs
And the link to find out more about the course: https://tinyurl.com/MakeGreatGNs
